For example, Incas’ starting resources have been adjusted to mean less food, but more wood and villagers. Image credit: Tantalus Media, Forgotten Empires, Xbox Game Studios / Īs for the hefty batch of Inca gameplay updates, there are changes across the civilization’s early economy, military units, infantry (Chimu Runners and their manoeuvres), age-up council members, and home city cards. “Players may initially build security by walling across the small passes, however, much of the wood is centralised so players must extend outside of the safety of their base as the game progresses,” the devs say. The map’s set in an isolated spot with no trade routes, with Berbers, Sudanese, and Sufi settlements, and Desert Warrior and Desert Archer outlaws. Siwa Oasis gets players to battle it out in narrow corridors and is ideal for AoE3’s Treaty mode, the patch notes explain. There’ll be one mission a day to complete and, while you don’t have to complete them on consecutive days to get the rewards, to keep the goodies you’ve earned after the event wraps up, you will need to log into your Xbox Live account at some point beforehand. For example, if you win a single-player skirmish or multiplayer game while playing as the Americans or British you’ll get a profile icon, or if you train 50 artillery units from either the artillery foundry, fort, siege workshop, or palace, you’ll earn a “birthday cake cannonball mod”. Players get missions to complete while it’s in full swing, with each bringing in-game rewards when beaten. Catchily titled Update 47581, the patch brings an anniversary bash, “tons of Inca gameplay improvements and balance tweaks”, new maps, additional Inca cards, and more.Ĭelebrating the overhauled strategy game’s launch this time last year, the in-game bash is a “new and unique event”, the AoE devs explain, which is now live until October 26.

Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition has just got a brand-new patch that folds a pretty large batch of new content and gameplay updates into the RTS game.

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